MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 07:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 717 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 201 Parallax 203 156% 198 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 182 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,154 Mixed 1,150 318% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 33.8 192% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.5 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 154 134% 188 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 512GB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 85GB free Firmware: DXM03D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 347 (AF) Unknown 99 99 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 36 (B2) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B4) Unknown 99 99 18303 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8130530450 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10237249298	84.9% Excellent	Read 522 Write 172 Mixed 315 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 26 139% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 88.2 118% 218 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 72145016 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 40336 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 64 370278422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1722 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 64424509462 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106317620445252 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40232750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36168458	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 181 Mixed 160 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 103 Write 91.6 Mixed 27.3 86% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.09 42% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 103%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16